bacterize
bacterize verb: to treat with bacteria.
Verb
bacterize (third-person singular simple present bacterizes, present participle bacterizing, simple past and past participle bacterized)
- To treat with bacteria.
- An analysis was made of the mixture of active bacterized peat and soil at the commencement of incubation as well as at the end.1915, New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, volume 9, page 23
- We are going to bacterize about a ton of press cake and try it out on cane in the field, and see if we can notice differences.1917, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters, volume 36
Forms of bacterize
| third-person singular present | bacterizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | bacterizing |
| past participle | bacterized |
| past | bacterized |
| alternative form | bacterise |
Origin of bacterize
From bacteria + -ize.
Words formed from bacterize
Questions about bacterize
- What does bacterize mean?
- Bacterize means to treat with bacteria.
- What part of speech is bacterize?
- Bacterize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of bacterize?
- The past tense of bacterize is bacterized.
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